Biographical Records

Notable People from New York

17,567 notable figures born in New York, showing page 19 of 352, ranked by historical prominence.

George Huntington
George Huntington
American physician (1850–1916); discoverer of Huntington's disease
1850 - 1916
medical writerneurologistphysician
Robert E. Sherwood
Robert E. Sherwood
American writer (1896–1955)
1896 - 1955
film criticjournalistdramaturge
Annie Edson Taylor
Annie Edson Taylor
American schoolteacher and daredevil; first person to successfully go over Niagara Falls in a barrel (1838–1921)
1838 - 1921
stunt performerteacher
Barry Commoner
Barry Commoner
American biologist, college professor and eco-socialist
1917 - 2012
non-fiction writerecologistenvironmentalist
Richard Jaeckel
Richard Jaeckel
American actor (1926-1997)
1926 - 1997
television actoractor
George Inness
George Inness
American landscape painter (1825-1894)
1825 - 1894
landscape paintervisual artistpainter
Paul Sweezy
Paul Sweezy
American economist (1910–2004)
1910 - 2004
economist
Jerry Weintraub
Jerry Weintraub
American film producer and former chairman and CEO of United Artists (1937–2015)
1937 - 2015
film actordirectorfilm producer
Timothy Treadwell
American documentary filmmaker (1957–2003)
1957 - 2003
ecologistenvironmentalistfilm director
Gordon Douglas
American film director (1907-1993)
1907 - 1993
film screenwriterfilm actordirector
George Sidney
George Sidney
American film director and producer (1916-2002)
1916 - 2002
trade unionistdirectorfilm director
Fyvush Finkel
Fyvush Finkel
American actor (1922-2016)
1922 - 2016
film actortelevision actorvoice actor
Ron Leibman
American actor (1937–2019)
1937 - 2019
film actortelevision actorvoice actor
John Kerr
John Kerr
American actor and lawyer (1931–2013)
1931 - 2013
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Joseph Polchinski
Joseph Polchinski
physicist working on string theory (1954–2018)
1954 - 2018
theoretical physicistuniversity teacherphysicist
Noah Beery Jr.
Noah Beery Jr.
American actor (1913–1994)
1913 - 1994
film actortelevision actorcharacter actor
Malachi Throne
Malachi Throne
American actor (1928-2013)
1928 - 2013
television actorfilm actorstage actor
Eugene Garfield
Eugene Garfield
American information and library scientist (1925–2017)
1925 - 2017
linguistchemistlibrarian
Ted Wilde
Ted Wilde
American film director, screenwriter (1889-1929)
1889 - 1929
directorfilm directorwriter
Frank Kameny
Frank Kameny
American activist and astronomer, Ph.D. Harvard University 1956 (1925–2011)
1925 - 2011
LGBTQ rights activistpolitical activistastronomer
Lindy Remigino
Lindy Remigino
American sprinter (1931–2018)
1931 - 2018
athletics competitorsprinter
Jane Colden
Jane Colden
American botanist (1724-1766)
1724 - 1766
botanistbotanical collector
Isabella Stewart Gardner
Isabella Stewart Gardner
American art collector, philanthropist, patron of the arts (1840–1924)
1840 - 1924
art collectormuseum founderphilanthropist
Shelley Morrison
Shelley Morrison
American actress (1936–2019)
1936 - 2019
film actortelevision actoractor
Charles Jewtraw
Charles Jewtraw
American speed skater (1900–1996)
1900 - 1996
speed skater
Hélène de Pourtalès
Hélène de Pourtalès
Swiss sailor (1868–1945)
1868 - 1945
skipper
Moses I. Finley
American-born British academic and classical scholar (1912–1986)
1912 - 1986
historian of classical antiquityclassical scholaruniversity teacher
Anita Louise
Anita Louise
American actress (1915–1970)
1915 - 1970
film actortelevision actoractor
Elmer Rice
Elmer Rice
American playwright (1892–1967)
1892 - 1967
directortheatre directorpoet lawyer
Charles W. Gilmore
Charles W. Gilmore
paleontologist (1874-1945)
1874 - 1945
paleontologistgeologistcurator
Larry Cohen
Larry Cohen
American film producer, director, and screenwriter (1936–2019)
1936 - 2019
directorfilm producerfilm director
William Blum
William Blum
American author and historian (1933–2018)
1933 - 2018
opinion journalistjournalisthistorian
Benjamin Morrell
Benjamin Morrell
American explorer (1795–1839)
1795 - 1839
explorer
Frank Loesser
Frank Loesser
American songwriter (1910–1969)
1910 - 1969
librettistfilm score composerlyricist
Mark Snow
American composer for film and television (1946–2025)
1946 - 2025
film score composermusiciansinger
Karen Wetterhahn
American chemist (1948–1997)
1948 - 1997
chemist
Elizabeth Wurtzel
Elizabeth Wurtzel
American writer and journalist (1967–2020)
1967 - 2020
autobiographerjournalistjurist
Donald Keene
Donald Keene
Japanese/American academic (1922–2019)
1922 - 2019
japanologistlinguistlibrettist
William Windom
William Windom
American actor (1923–2012)
1923 - 2012
film actortelevision actorstage actor
Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton
Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton
American philanthropist and wife of Alexander Hamilton (1757–1854)
1757 - 1854
hymnwriterphilanthropist
Seymour Benzer
Seymour Benzer
American geneticist (1921–2007)
1921 - 2007
behavior geneticistbiophysicistgeneticist
Amanda Blake
Amanda Blake
American actress (1929–1989)
1929 - 1989
film actortelevision actoractor
Henriette Avram
Henriette Avram
American computer programmer and system analyst (1919–2006)
1919 - 2006
programmerlibrariancomputer scientist
Jerry Herman
Jerry Herman
American composer and lyricist (1931-2019)
1931 - 2019
lyricistsongwritermusician
Lucy Burns
Lucy Burns
American suffragist (1879-1966)
1879 - 1966
suffragistfeministteacher
Daniel Giraud Elliot
Daniel Giraud Elliot
American zoologist (1835–1915)
1835 - 1915
zoological collectorornithologistzoologist
Madison Grant
Madison Grant
American lawyer, eugenicist, and conservationist (1865–1937)
1865 - 1937
racial theoristeugenicistconservationist
Charles Bacon
Charles Bacon
American athlete (1885–1968)
1885 - 1968
athletics competitor
May McAvoy
May McAvoy
American actress (1899–1984)
1899 - 1984
film actoractor
Francis Hunter
Francis Hunter
US tennis player (1894–1981)
1894 - 1981
tennis player
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